Chipotle Carnitas

My favorite way to cook little pigs is to make carnitas in a crock pot. Here's a 2.5 lb bone in ham. I use small hams or shoulders.



Season er up and cover meat with chicken broth. Cook on low for 6-8 hrs.



Do fun stuff while the crock pot works it's magic.



Whip up some fresh hot salsa verde, (love this stuff).

is that shredded pork? Salsa verde is where its at

When it's done do you spread it on a pan then put it under the broiler for a few minutes to give that supple meat a nice little chur?

When the meat is done remove it and most of the liquid. Shred with two forks, return to pot and add chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, fajita seasoning, and cumin to taste.

Make some frijoles and whip up some fresh tortillas.







Add some onion, cilantro, lime, avacado, jalapeno and you're all set.






Go kill more pigs and repeat.



Thanks for looking.

Yes Sir it's shredded pork.

No I don't do the traditional carnita crisp up on small feral pigs because it's so lean, it dries out. I keep it juicy and delicious!

Posting from my phone, 3'rd and last pic need to be rotated to the right. I dunno...

I'd eat that! recipe for the salsa verde?

Yes Sir, super simple.

Get a pot of water boiling,
To the water add a half an onion, 4-5 cloves of garlic, couple jalapenos and a couple serranos. I add at least 3 of each because I like mine hot.
After all that gets soft, add one lb of tomatillos and boil until they start to turn brown. Remove from heat, don't over cook your tomatillos you don't want them to bust.
Add all that (no water) to a blender. Add cilantro and salt to taste. Done.

perfect! my wife does the carnitas in a pressure cooker. so dang tender.

One of these days I'm buying a pressure cooker.

Those are some very fine looking tacos Thanks for the salsa verde too. Going to have to try that out soon.

Thanks ya'll, I love tacos. That green sauce is addictive once you find out how much of what you like. A little lime juice is good in there too but didn't do it this time.

OH! and if you like grilled fish (or pan seared - I do) it's darn good. Just smear on when fish is about done.

Get you some of this. You'll never buy another lime.

Never heard of that Bob. Guess I'll have to try.

Tag for later. This looks great

Man Skinner....I read your food posts on here all the time. You a helluva cook!
Do you weigh 300+?......cause I would if I ate all the good stuff you make.

He's bound to be 3 bills with all the awesome food he posts.

Thanks. I'm eye balling your bacon thread. I'm salivating to be honest with you.

Thanks guys. I try to eat one big meal a day. I snack when I'm not eating though on healthy stuff. Jerky, pistachios, beer etc.....when I do get hungry I hurt myself. I'm 5'11" and never been over 235 so no I'm not obese I do need to get back to 200....but the TACOS!

Thanks. I love to hunt/fish and love to cook. From the field to the plate and everything involved, and trying to teach the youngins....

Good work pops!

Have taken note of the salsa recipe... would you share your tortilla making secrets?

As usual, looks like some damn fine eats!

As always Sir.....

Hey now, I'm not THAT old.

Thanks again yall. No secrets really. Just flour/baking powder/salt/shortening/hot water. Mix, knead, rest, roll out and cook...for the flour torts. Corn torts just mix corn flour with water, I use a tortilla press for those. Lots of videos on Youtube. I've been playing around with different recipes lately. I saw one that uses a little bacon grease in the dough. Sounds good/looked good but I'm watching my blood pressure so passed on trying that.

No lard?

Lard is better, makes a better tortilla IMO...but I'm trying to eat healthier, most of the time.

Money!

Tag.